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Even if China has not yet leveraged its relationship with ByteDance Ltd to access US TikTok users’ data, petitioners offer no basis for concluding that the Government’s determination that China might do so is not at least a ‘reasonable inferenc[e] based on substantial evidence.’
The justices wrote in their unanimous opinion
It genuinely feels like our parents just came in the middle of the school year and said, ‘Yeah, forget all your friends, forget all the hard work you did at this school, you’re going to have to start from scratch,
TikToker @inzlay said in a video of herself crying and bidding farewell to her TikTok following of 24,500
This bill prohibits distributing, maintaining, or providing internet hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application (eg, TikTok).”
The text of the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, passed in April and signed by Joe Biden, readsOn behalf of everyone at TikTok and all our users across the country, I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the US. This is a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship,
Chew said
A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now, ... We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!"
read the message, adding that
Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now."
TikTok users in the country were greeted with a message that read
Does anyone know if the TikTok ban goes into effect on Sunday or if we have all of Sunday to like brain rot still? I need to plan accordingly,
fitness influencer Britany Williams said in a video to her 64,000 followers
China will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests,
a spokesperson said
It is a stunt, and we see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions in the next few days before the Trump administration takes office on Monday
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Saturday
I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at. The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it's appropriate. You know, it's appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It's a very big situation,
Trump said in a phone interview with NBC's Kristen Welker
Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19,
the statement continuesThe statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans,
TikTok said in a statement Friday nightWe are fighting to protect the constitutional right to free speech for more than 170 million Americans who use TikTok every day.”
According to the TikTok CEO
The challenged provisions further an important government interest unrelated to the suppression of free expression and do not burden substantially more speech than necessary to further that interest,
the court added
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Okay, fine, I’ll buy it
MrBeast joins the bidChina is adapting in real-time to the ruling,
said Craig Singleton, a China expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank, which submitted a brief in the case against TikTokTikTok's scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the government's national security concerns,
the Supreme Court said in the unsigned opinionAuthoritarian regimes should not have unfettered access to millions of Americans' sensitive data,
Garland addedBeijing needs TikTok more than Washington does,
said Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow and expert in US-China relations at the Hudson Institute think tankOh my god, I'm speechless,
said Lourd Asprec, 21, of Houston, who has amassed 16.3 million followers on TikTok and makes an estimated US$80,000 a year from the platform